Hey kids, you know what's cool? Entomology.

I mean emetology.

I mean, and etymology, there we go.

Today we're gonna talk about some words, some combinations thereof, and where they come from.

First is the phrase "white elephant." Now for those out of the loop, a white elephant is a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose costs, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness, and also a gameplay during the holidays for people who prefer random garbage over actual personalized presents.

According to legend, this saying dates back to the monarchs of Siam.

Whenever one of the king's courtiers drew his displeasure through whatever means, he would offer them a gift of a white elephant.

It was considered the ultimate insult to refuse a gift from the king, so naturally the elephantee would be forced to accept.

Now if you know elephants as well as I do, you would know that they are freakin gigantic.

They can consume around 50 gallons of water and 500 pounds of foliage every day, which would be quite expensive to keep up in modern times, let alone hundreds of years ago.